Validation of the DIGEST-FEES as a global outcome measure for pharyngeal dysphagia in Parkinson's disease

B Labeit, S Lapa, P Muhle, S Suntrup-Krueger, I Claus… - Dysphagia, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) is one of two diagnostic gold
standards for pharyngeal dysphagia in Parkinson's disease (PD), however, validated global …

Reliability and confidence of dynamic imaging grade of swallowing toxicity (digest) rating among research and clinical speech pathologists before and after …

CEA Barbon, CL Warneke, B Ledger, N Rogus-Pulia… - Dysphagia, 2024 - Springer
DIGEST is a validated, open-source method to grade the severity of pharyngeal dysphagia
from the modified barium swallow (MBS) study. Dissemination and implementation of …

Self-Reported Voice and Swallow Questionnaires' Alignment with Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Questions: A Preliminary Study

M Dumican, K Harper, A Malczewski - Journal of Voice, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this manuscript was twofold: to investigate how clinical voice and
swallow questionnaires align with self-reports from speech/voice and swallow domains of …

Prevalence of Dysphagia and Risk of Malnutrition in Elderly Living in Nursing Homes

AV Engberg, G Rångevall, K Eriksson, L Tuomi - Dysphagia, 2024 - Springer
Swallowing difficulties commonly co-occur with malnutrition in the elderly. However, there is
no consensus on which assessment tools to use, and thus reported prevalence varies. The …

Acupuncture Therapy on Dysphagia in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Study

H Zeng, W Zhao, P Luo, X Zhang, S Luo, Y Li… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Objective To explore the effect of acupuncture therapy on dysphagia in patients with
Parkinson's disease. Methods This randomized controlled study lasted 42 days and …